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A 15-foot mock wall installed at Harrison Street and Wenonah Avenue in Oak Park shows the height of a proposed noise wall along the Eisenhower Expressway.

Paul Sassone: Do mock noise walls give insight into village officials’ position?

May 13, 2019 at 2:50 p.m.

Here's an idea. What kind of business should take over the site of the defunct Tasty Dog at 708 Lake St.? To help decide what business would be best, how...

Paul Sassone: Grocery store efficiency getting the better of me

May 12, 2019 at 9:09 p.m.

"It all comes out in the wash,'' my mother used to say. Actually, being from Missouri, my mother used to say, "It all comes out in the warsh.'' And she...

Paul Sassone: Online merchants know more about me than friends and family

May 12, 2019 at 9:09 p.m.

Thanks to the internet, strangers know more about me than friends and family know. Online merchants constantly recommend stuff for me to buy based on their knowledge of my likes...

Paul Sassone: When Christmas season starts for our family

May 13, 2019 at 2:50 p.m.

When does the Christmas season start? I know retailers would love to start the Christmas shopping season on Dec. 26. But they seem to be content – for now –...

Paul Sassone: Reader takes action to keep Cubs games available

May 12, 2019 at 9:08 p.m.

On the gloom of adversity ... Some curse the darkness. That would be me. Others light a candle. That would be James K. Genden. Mr. Genden, of Evanston, responded to...

Paul Sassone: Should Oak Park get noise walls along I-290?

May 25, 2019 at 12:30 p.m.

In his poem, "Mending Wall,'' Robert Frost wrote: "Good fences make good neighbors.'' Some Oak Parkers are being asked to vote on erecting a fence along portions on the Eisenhower...

Paul Sassone: A smarter way to dispose of leaves

May 13, 2019 at 2:50 p.m.

What says autumn better than the aroma of benzo(a)pyrene? Burning leaves are just loaded with benzo(a)pyrene, a chemical known to cause lung caner. Burning leaves also emit dust, soot, other...

This 2008 file photo shows a silhouetted coaxial cable in Philadelphia. Cord cutters rejoiced last week after HBO and CBS announced plans to sell stand-alone streaming services, a move that cable and satellite television providers have resisted for years. But cutting the cord won't mean cutting out your cable provider, and some would-be customers may balk when they see just how much paying a la carte actually costs.

Paul Sassone: What happened to customer service?

May 12, 2019 at 9:05 p.m.

"In God we trust.'' That has been the official motto of the United States since 1956. Do we perhaps need a new motto, one which better describes the way we...

Paul Sassone: Parents must consider risks and rewards with trick-or-treating

May 13, 2019 at 2:50 p.m.

Ordeal by candy. Does it seem to you that trick-or-treating on Halloween is something to be endured rather than enjoyed? Here's what the village of Oak Park says to parents...

A McDonald's Egg McMuffin and hash browns are displayed at a McDonald's restaurant on July 23, 2015 in Fairfield, Calif.

Paul Sassone: McDonald’s only went half-way with all-day breakfast

May 12, 2019 at 9:05 p.m.

How long must we fight the Civil War? First, it was secession. Now, it's biscuits. And it looks as if the South is winning this time. I am, of course,...

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